Economics Past Questions And Answers
3251
The concept of opportunity cost is important to the firm because it
- A. determines the price of the firms products
- B. increases the level of output of the firm
- C. leads to maximum satisfaction of the consumers
- D. guides firms in allocating scarce resources
3252
A production function relates?
- A. cost to output
- B. wages to profit
- C. cost to input
- D. output to input
3253
A persistent rise in the prices of inputs will lead to
- A. hyperinflation
- B. stagflation
- C. cost-push inflation
- D. demand-pull inflation
3254
Yam and palm oil are used together; therefore
- A) Yam is a substitute good while palm oil is a complimentary good
- B) Yam is complimentary good while palm oil is a substitute good
- C) Yam and palm oil are complimentary goods
- D) Yam and beans are substitute goods
3255
At what price will a trader be ready to sell 6 oranges using the equilibrium below. p = 1/2 q + 2. where p is price and q is quantity?
- A. N3.00
- B. N4.00
- C. N5.00
- D. N6.00
3256
One of the assumptions of ordinal utility theory is that
- A. choice is not consistent
- B. utility can be ranked
- C. total utility is a function of price
- D. satisfaction is measurable
3257
The difference between demand and wants is in the
- A. desire for the commodity
- B. significance of the commodity
- C. ability to pay for the commodity
- D. economic value of the commodity
3258
The average revenue curve of a firm in a perfect market is the same as the
- A. supply curve of the firm
- B. average cost curve of the firm
- C. demand curve of the firm
- D. total revenue curve of the firm
3259
The headquarter of the Organization Of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is in
- A. Paris, France
- B. Geneva, Switzerland
- C. Lagos, Nigeria
- D. Vienna, Austria
3260
The price system is
- A. the market price of commodities
- B. a market where a single price rules
- C. a system of price allocation to the products of the same firm
- D. a system of resource allocation through supply and demand interaction

